2019-2020 Session
Change SessionS.124 (Act 166)
An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Sen. Jeanette White
9/25/2020 - Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- Senate 9/25/2020 - Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- After the Floor
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Walk-through
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Whitcomb, Major, Vermont State Police
John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
Friday, April 5, 2019
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 2:45 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Walk-through
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thomas D. Anderson, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Roger Marcoux, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 1:15 PM
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Council Members, Sec 1; Training Options, Sec 2&3; Level II ->III - Sec 4; Reporting Sec 7
Rick Gauthier, Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Michael O'Neil, President, Vermont Troopers Association
Mark Anderson, Captain, Windham County Sheriff's Department
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 1:15 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB
Roger Marcoux, Sheriff
Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Information Crime Center (VCIC)
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 2:00 PM
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Committee discussion: Sections 10, 11, 18
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission
Roger Marcoux, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
Friday, February 21, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 1:00 PM
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Discussion of dispatch sections of the bill; update on LEAB
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
Lance Burnham, Department of Public Safety
Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- -
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EMS
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Adam Heuslein, Chief, Glover, E.M.S.
Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
Thursday, March 12, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 3:30 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Continued discussion
Paco Aumand, Independent Consultant, Montpelier
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, March 13, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 1:30 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Vote
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, April 2, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- `
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Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Mike O'Neil, Executive Director, Vermont Troopers Association
Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety
Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association
Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB
Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety
Thursday, May 21, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- After the Floor
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Committee discussion
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
Christopher Brickell, Chief of Police, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety
Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County, The Nature Conservancy
Bill Bohnyak, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
George Merkel, President, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 2:30 PM
-
S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County
Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
Bill Bohnyak, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
Matthew S. Romei, Chief of Police, Capitol Police Department
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- -
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Committee discussion begins after Senate Session is finished.
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County
Thursday, June 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- -
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Sen. Jeanette K. White, Windham County
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- -
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, August 28, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 10:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Walk Through
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, September 4, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 10:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Etan Nasreddin-Longo, Chair, RDAP, Co-Chair Fair and Impartial Policing Committee
Rep. Anne B. Donahue
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, September 4, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- 9:00 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 11:10 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
Matthew Murano, Chief, Wilmington Police Department
William Humphries, Chief, Fair Haven Police Department
Lance Burnham, Department of Public Safety
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Daniel Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
Patrick Malone, Director of the Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UVM
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
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Wilda White, Chair, Mental Health Crisis Response Commission
Randy H
Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, September 10, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Brian Peete, Chief, Montpelier Police Department
Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police, Vermont Police Association
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, September 11, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 10:30 AM
-
S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County, Sheriffs' Association
Ann Schroeder, Criminal Justice Committee, NAACP - Windham County
Christopher Brickell, Chair, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
Cindy Taylor-Patch, Director of Training, Vermont Police Academy
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 11:00 AM
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Jacob Humbert, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, House Committee on Judiciary
Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration; and Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Racial Equality, Agency of Administration
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
-
S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Mark up and vote
Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 12:30 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Mark up and Vote
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Continued from the morning session
Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 3:00 PM
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Discuss changes proposed by the House.
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, September 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 11:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Review of the Bill
Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Chair, House Committee On Government Operations
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Friday, September 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 8:30 AM
-
S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Vote
Friday, September 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 1:00 PM
-
S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, September 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- 9:00 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 8:30 AM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Appropriations Amendment
Rep. Maida Townsend
Copeland Hanzas and Gardner Amendment
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Government Operations
- 2:30 PM
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S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Committee Documents
An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Chair, House Committee On Government Operations
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
House Committee on Government Operations
- Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County, Sheriffs' Association
- Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
- Tim Bombardier, Barre Chief of Police, Vermont Police Association
- Christopher Brickell, Chair, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Lance Burnham, Department of Public Safety
- Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, House Committee on Judiciary
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration; and Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Racial Equality, Agency of Administration
- Daniel Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue
- Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
- Randy H
- Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
- Jacob Humbert, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- William Humphries, Chief, Fair Haven Police Department
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Patrick Malone, Director of the Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UVM
- Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
- Matthew Murano, Chief, Wilmington Police Department
- Etan Nasreddin-Longo, Chair, RDAP, Co-Chair Fair and Impartial Policing Committee
- Brian Peete, Chief, Montpelier Police Department
- Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Ann Schroeder, Criminal Justice Committee, NAACP - Windham County
- Cindy Taylor-Patch, Director of Training, Vermont Police Academy
- Rep. Maida Townsend
- Wilda White, Chair, Mental Health Crisis Response Commission
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Sen. Jeanette K. White, Windham County
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Mark Anderson, Captain, Windham County Sheriff's Department
- Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County
- Mark Anderson, Sheriff, Windham County, The Nature Conservancy
- Thomas D. Anderson, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Paco Aumand, Independent Consultant, Montpelier
- Dan Batsie, Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Vermont Department of Health
- Matthew Birmingham, Vermont State Police, Department of Public Safety
- Bill Bohnyak, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
- Christopher Brickell, Chief of Police, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Lance Burnham, Department of Public Safety
- Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission
- John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
- Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety
- Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB
- Rick Gauthier, Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, Rescue Inc.
- Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Adam Heuslein, Chief, Glover, E.M.S.
- Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
- Roger Marcoux, Sheriff
- Roger Marcoux, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
- George Merkel, President, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
- Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
- Michael O'Neil, President, Vermont Troopers Association
- Mike O'Neil, Executive Director, Vermont Troopers Association
- Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Matthew S. Romei, Chief of Police, Capitol Police Department
- Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Information Crime Center (VCIC)
- Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen
- James Whitcomb, Major, Vermont State Police
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
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No fiscal documents found for S.124 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
No committee of conference members found for S.124 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.124 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
No committee of conference report found for S.124 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
Act
- Signed into law 10/7/2020
- As Enacted (ACT 166)
- Act Summary
An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2019-2020
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| 3 V.S.A. § 2222. Powers and duties; budget and report |
| 3 V.S.A. § 2311. Chief Performance Officer; annual State Outcomes Report |
| 18 V.S.A. § 903. Authorization for provision of emergency medical services |
| 18 V.S.A. § 904. Administrative provisions |
| 18 V.S.A. § 906. Emergency Medical Services Division; responsibilities |
| 18 V.S.A. § 906b. Repealed. 2019, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 29. |
| 18 V.S.A. § 906d. Renewal requirements; sunset review |
| 18 V.S.A. § 909. EMS Advisory Committee; EMS Education Council |
| 18 V.S.A. § 9405. State Health Improvement Plan; Health Resource Allocation Plan |
| 20 V.S.A. § 1818. Law Enforcement Advisory Board |
| 20 V.S.A. § 1871. Department of Public Safety; Commissioner |
| 20 V.S.A. § 1873. Repealed. 2019, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. Oct. 1, 2020. |
| 20 V.S.A. § 1875. Radio communication system |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2053. Cooperation with other agencies |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2351. Creation and purpose of Council |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2352. Council membership |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2355. Council powers and duties |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2358. Minimum training standards; definitions |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2359. Council services contingent on agency compliance |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2361. Additional training |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2362a. Potential hiring agency; duty to contact current or former agencies |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2368. Standards for law enforcement use of force |
| 20 V.S.A. § 2403. Law enforcement agencies; duty to report |
| 24 V.S.A. § 1939. Recodified. 2019, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 23a. |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2651. Definitions |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2652. Creation of districts |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2654. Repealed. 2021, No. 15, § 9(2). |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2656. Duties and powers of officers and directors |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2657. Purposes and powers of emergency medical services districts |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2681. License required; ambulance license requirement |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2682. Powers of the Department of Health |
| 24 V.S.A. § 2683. Term of license |
| 32 V.S.A. § 8557. Vermont Fire Service Training Council |
